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Baking bread with freed Ukrainians who finally have a taste of home
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Bake for Ukraine mobile bakeries deliver 700 loaves daily to war-torn villages
Farther south, volunteers from Bake for Ukraine drive mobile bakeries across Mykolaiv and Kherson. They bake 700 loaves daily for people returning to destroyed villages without water or electricity. 7/
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Roman, 47, lost leg to mine, now bakes bread for healing
Roman, 47, lost part of his leg to a mine in Donetsk. Baking became his way to stay active and connect with others who understand the same pain. He says bread links him to family and land. 6/
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Dmytro shares first Ukrainian bread with soldiers at hospital
When Dmytro finished his first loaf, he brought it to the hospital to share with fellow soldiers who hadn’t tasted Ukrainian bread in years. Dmytro: “No one said a word — they just breathed”. 5/
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Marchuk and Pereverzev launch project to help amputees through bread
Marchuk launched the project with Oleksandr Pereverzev from Ukraine’s Veteran Centre for Mental Recovery. After seeing amputees in hospitals, Pereverzev realised many had no idea how to live after discharge. Bread gave them a simple, physical goal. 4/
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Veterans find healing in Kyiv baker’s dough workshops
Kyiv baker Vlad Marchuk leads the workshops. Many of the veterans lost arms, legs, or sleep. Vlad says they lived through hunger and captivity. And when they work with dough, they start to breathe again. 2/
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Wounded Ukrainian soldiers bake bread to recover from war
In Kyiv, wounded Ukrainian soldiers bake bread to recover from war. One of them, Dmytro survived three years in Olenivka prison, where Russians killed 62 POWs. “We were starving and dreamed of bread every night. Now, baking feels like coming home,” he said for Times. 1/
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Drone arms: Russia equips Gerbera with automatic systems
Drone arms race continues: after Ukraine introduced interceptor drones, Russia tries to develop countermeasures
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 12 octobre 2025
Russia now fits its Gerbera decoy drones with automatic systems to avoid Ukrainian FPV interceptors.
📹 via Karymat pic.twitter.com/ciCQknmhdJDrone arms race continues: after Ukraine introduced interceptor drones, Russia attempts to develop countermeasures. Russia now equips its Gerbera decoy drones with automatic systems to evade Ukrainian FPV interceptors. via Karymat
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Global democracy crisis and Russia’s far-right influence
The world is facing an unprecedented crisis of democracy, said Simon Tisdall in article for The Guardian Meanwhile, Russia actively exploits far-right forces across Europe to advance its geopolitical aims, particularly to weaken support for Ukraine
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Zelenskyy hopes Trump’s pressure can stop Putin in Ukraine
Zelenskyy: Peace between Hamas and Israel gives us hope.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 12 octobre 2025
The pressure President Trump used in the Middle East could now be applied to make Putin stop his war in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/5efF36455QZelenskyy: Peace between Hamas and Israel gives us hope. The pressure President Trump used in the Middle East could now be applied to make Putin stop his war in Ukraine.